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06-27-2009, 10:43 PM
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Al Gionfriddo robbing DiMaggio's home run in the '47 World Series. 
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06-27-2009, 11:04 PM
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4. famous for something notable that has nothing, necessarily, to do with Baseball.
The other questions all have straightforward answers (some of which have already been discussed in the past). I haven't seen this category come up, though, so here are a few to get us going: 1. Cy Malis became a bit actor in Hollywood. After that, he founded Narcotics Anonymous. 2. Jophery Brown became a Hollywood stuntman 3. Both Ethan Allen and Duster Mails invented baseball-related games 4. Jim Bouton invented Big League Chew 5. Sid Farrar and Ed Wineapple both became Broadway promotors 6. Joe Cascarella raced thoroughbred horses 7. Johnny Logan helped build the Alaska Pipeline 8. Ralph Schwamb killed a man in a botched robbery scheme, going on to become the most successful prison ballplayer of all time 9. Art Shires and Mike Kelly (of the 1926 Phillies) are also rumored to have committed murder 10. Harry Mink O'Neill died at the battle of Iwo Jima 11. Bob Neighbors disappeared in Korea during a failed bombing mission 12. Herman Hill was eaten by a shark (not confirmed) 13. Billy Sunday is pretty obvious, as are Bill Sharman, George Halas, Jim Thorpe, Ace Parker, Greasy Neale, etc. 14. Byron McLaughlin is avoiding extradition in France after making millions in a counterfeit shoe ring This list never ends. These stories are even more fascinating than the game itself! Last edited by BillyCoxDodgers3B; 06-27-2009 at 11:05 PM.
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06-28-2009, 07:45 AM
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For J.B.'s #13 up there....
I got this years ago... he was a pretty good ballplayer. And yes, Joe, that is Al Gionfriddo hauling in a 415' fly ball. 
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06-28-2009, 12:32 PM
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I have been collecting oddball information on players for many years. Some of it has appeared in print. Other material was relayed to me by fellow researchers, players and player families.
Last edited by BillyCoxDodgers3B; 06-28-2009 at 12:34 PM.
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* Kind of got the feeling that it was Al. I wasn't at the sixth game, but me, and three other school mates played hooky from school, and attended the first game of the 1947 series at Yankees stadium. We sat in the right field bleachers ... Spec Shea vs Ralph Branca. Jackie Robinson's first W. S. game. ... Thanks for the memory. 
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06-28-2009, 06:49 PM
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There's a 1961 Carroll Hardy card out there somewhere -- he is famous for pinch-hitting for both Ted Williams AND Roger Maris!
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www.MDsportscards.blogspot.com Last edited by mikedenero; 06-28-2009 at 06:50 PM.
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Then there's Turkey Mike Donlin who McGraw once said was the greatest hitter he ever saw. He is probably the best hitter not in the Hall of Fame (not counting JJ) and would be in there if he hadn't spent the better part of a year jailed for assault and left baseball a couple of times for the stage (Broadway).
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